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Developing and Enacting Racial/Ethnic Identities (ICPSR 34412)

Principal Investigator(s):Eccles, Jacquelynne S., University of Michigan. Department of Psychology

Summary:

The goal of this project was to examine the development, maintenance, and consequences of racial and ethnic (R/E) identity among a primarily African American and European American sample from a mid-Atlantic state. The multi-year mixed-method research projec examined the personal and contextual meanings that (a) are associated with participants' categorical R/E group memberships, (b) form the basis for person-level R/E identities, (c) are associated with perceptions of racial discrimination,... (more info)

The goal of this project was to examine the development, maintenance, and consequences of racial and ethnic (R/E) identity among a primarily African American and European American sample from a mid-Atlantic state. The multi-year mixed-method research projec examined the personal and contextual meanings that (a) are associated with participants' categorical R/E group memberships, (b) form the basis for person-level R/E identities, (c) are associated with perceptions of racial discrimination, and (d) relate systematically to healthy development.

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Study Description

Funding

This study was funded by:

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development